The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 28, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX MARSHALL IRKED BY CRITICISM |~ Congressional Statements Called Bad for War Effort by Army Chief 28 The members Mar- that the af- WASHINGTON, Sept House Military Committee conferred with Gen. George C. shall, then told their colleagues criticism of seriously congressional Army’s command is ° fecting the war effort.’ Rep. Albert Thomas House, “Gen. Marshall called me at my residence this morning to express his very deep regret and deep concern at some of the state- ments which appeared in the local newspapers and also on the floor of the House. He said it is seriously affecting the war effort and auth- orized me and other members of the committee to quote him as ex- pressing the hope that such state- ments will not be repeated, because as I said, they are doing great harm to the war effort.” Chairman Andrew J. May of the Military Committee said Marshall assured him of “complete harmony among high officials in the War Department and the administration and anything done was done with his approval.” His speech followed assertions that there has been political dab- bling in Army High Command af- fairs. A few minutes earlier Rep. Paul W. Shafer said he and another member of Congress whom he did not identify were furnished with “substantially the same informa- tion.” that was contained in ar-, ticles distributed by the Interna- tional News Service and said: “In- fluential White House advisers are told the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE--JUNEAU ALASKA ?E L. KEITHAHN IS " | NEW LEGION HEAD FOR COMING YEAR At the xx‘unl.u swrkl_v meeting last night of the Alford John Brad- ford Post No. 4 of the American Legion, the following Legionnaires | were elected Post Officers for the year 1944 Edward L. Keithahn, Post Com- ‘mander; Leslie A. Sturm, First Vice Commander; Joseph A. Thibodeau, Second Vice Commander; Ralph | G. Wright, Post Adjutant and Fi- nance Officer; A. Lester Rink, Ser- -'l geant at Arms; Homer G. Nord- {|ling, Post Chaplain; Frank M. Hungerford, Post Historian; Claude | C. Carnegie, Post Service Officer; | | IIallan Admlral Surrenders i 11 as | Italian Admiral D'Zara saluted Allied officers ashore as he arrived on his barge at the Malta customs house to surrender the bulk of the Italian fleet to Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, Allied Medi- terranean naval chief. Signal Corps photo by radio. WHEELER ~ NAVY VESSEL, HITS OUT, CARGO CRAFT SLACKERS IN COLLISION Ride The City Bus FREE! GEORGE BROS. will pay for your Round Trip Fare on the GityBas ... . . Ride the Juneau City Bus downtown to GEORGE BROS. SUPER MARKET and do your shopping in Juneau's Largest Food Center. On grocery ordersamounting to $5.00 or over we will give you FREE, TWO TICKETS GOOD FOR TWO RIDES ON THE CITY BUS. START TODAY — RIDE THE BUS — Enjoy the pleasure of shopping where you can find what you REALLY WANT— Where prices ARE LOW — Where SERVICE IS THE BEST! CANNING ani PRESERVE TOMATOES planning to give Lt. Gen. Brehon ucuINGTON, Sept. 28.—Sen- Somervell personal control of the i pyrion K. Wheeler this after- expenditure of twenty-two billion ;00 Gemanded in the Senate that dollars in the coming year by the prewar fathers be deferred from complete reorganization of the en- gia¢ «yntil slackers are taken from tire army on the production front” y,o Government Bureaus and war Shafer said: *I feel if by a0V inqustries in which they are hid-| word or deed I can prevent those ing.” mentioned in the article taking over | soaior Wheeler opened the long | the War Department and bullding gop.te on his bill to postpone until | it into a political machine, I will have rendered our armed forces and the nation a service.” e induction of such fath- to begin Octo- anuary 1 ers now scheduled |ber 1 | Wheeler told his colleagues: “Let these bureaucrats be called upon to bring about better utilization nf manpower before we make mother: and children sacrifice their home: | -+ Army | Zenger appointed the following to| " P 8| arrange the program and instalia- % g tion of the newly elected officers| which will take place at the Dug-| o l out next Monday evening in a joint | Commander Alfred Zenger pre- sented the flags to the Post Whi(:lfll } |were received from the local War| i |Bond Committee for the Post’s part| !recently in the Third War Loau‘ ‘ern California, where he organized| and was Commander for five terms of the Fleet Naval Reserve Post, No. 457 in Los Angeles County, aml (says that the Post was composed o( of the Post, was present to thank the retiring Commander for the SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.—A very close harmony and cooperation Navy subchaser and a cargo ship that has characterized the relation- collided off the Golden Gate and a ShiP between the Legion and the the Juneau Post, so no longer will! jApAN MUST |be a visitor ancr Octobex 1. | WASHINGTON, .’bfi‘[n 28, — The Senate Judiciary Committee lm_,w | | jalso James Patterson as United | 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. — De- f)l"‘xltu Mzu;l:}l okf the Third Judlrml: spite recent setbacks, the military|”p P! O &P ; | might of both Germany and Japan mc"l: nominAtions Breredpatats Retiring Post Commander Alfred will be named during the week. | evening. He came here from south- Lt. Col. Roy W. Reigle, member LT nounced that he will affiliate with! v with headquarters at Fairbanks, and | a conference of industrial, labon |overcome in carrying the war to| [flecting on the still dwindling pro- ! | In the Aleutians, Wildman said,| The point values of most meat Imnd newspaper executives called by hear |Japan proper, Lt. Col. Frederick duction, another sharp increase in |the weather is too uncertain and| will remain unchanged except for PHONE 95 Free Dehvery Cotton in such n red, on soldiers in the 50 are airplane | black, are metal 1,000 Forces, and 12 " PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY of Have a portrall artist take your|Army plclur& Hamersley Studio. Opposite | armor Federal Building. Phone 294. adv. | work every Al and green has aised Russian {ar sheet atural colors as experimental PHONE 92 YOUR BROKEN LENSES Replaced in our own shop. ixamined. Dr. Rae Lillian Carl Blomgren Bldg 636. been Phone for A Julian T. Petrich, and Fred Camer- | “7] on on the Post Executive Commit-| | [ tee. | installation with the American Le-| gion Auxiliary Unit; Waino E. Hen-| drickson, Edward L. Keithahn and| Leslie A. Sturm. Installing officers! Drive. M. Sledge, recent arrival in Ju- neau and connected with the Fed-| eral Government, was a visitor la !Naval Reserve and retired navy men and lhal out of a membership ci" have been called back into| lh(‘ services. 25-foot section of the chaser's stern Army during his assignment in the severed. Two members of the Juneau area. cew are missing. Five members Allen E. Johnstone, visiting mem- were mjm'cd ber from Sitka Post No. 13, an- ll_ow Down |5 G|ven at Im- voted to report favorably to tne| { Senate on the nomination of H"my‘ i porfant Conference ipratt as Disrict Judge of tne { Held ai War Dep' | Fourth Judicial Division of Ala.ska; is greater today than when lhcy‘ set out to conquer the world. | That is the concensus voiced by | SHARP IN(REASE ‘ United States Military leaders nU ; | INBUTTER RATION | the War Department to i | frank report on what is happeni (oST I“ SIAIES‘ and what may be expected. | | Speaking of the difficulties to be| WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. — Re- | wildman, planning Assistant Air|the ration cost of butter in the| |Chief, hinted strongly that the ul States, from twelve to sixteen timate air offensive must come from Points, has been announced by the lcmna_ Office of Price Administration. | Edwin A. 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It was announccd today that the u S ARMY anual four-day Reunion of the Scot- | X tish Rite would be held this fall on | October 6, 7, 8, and 9, at which time | the degrees from the 4th to 32nd | inclusive would be communicated | and conferred on a class of local and some out of town candidates. | l N ( R A S H The conferring of the degrees is generally spread over a period of s time, but once each year and some-| UNITED STATES AIR .FORCH times oftener (for the benefit of who | HEADQUARTERS IN INDIA, Sept. may ‘be absent at various times of | 23— Twenty United States the year) all the degrees are con- |officers and men were killed last ferred on four consecutive days and | Tuesday in the crash of an Army nights. le‘ms])mt plane near Calcutta. The masters of the bodies in | —_———————— charge of the work this fall are| John J. Fargher, Edwin Sutton, | Willis R. 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